Ashtown railway station

Ashtown Baile an Ásaigh
Ashtown Station looking East in 2007
Location	Ashtown Republic of Ireland
Coordinates	53°22′30″N 6°19′59″W / 53.375°N 6.333°W / 53.375; -6.333Coordinates: 53°22′30″N 6°19′59″W / 53.375°N 6.333°W / 53.375; -6.333
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	ASHTN
Fare zone	Suburban 2
Key dates
28 July 1847	Station opens as private stop
1902	Station opens fully
1934	Station closes
29 September 1979	Station reopens temporarily
30 September 1979	Station closes
11 January 1982	Station reopens

Western Commuter
Legend
Dublin–Sligo Line Mullingar Enfield Kilcock Maynooth Leixlip Louisa Bridge Leixlip Confey M3 Parkway Dunboyne Hansfield Docklands branch Clonsilla Coolmine Castleknock Navan Road Parkway Ashtown Broombridge to Liffey Junction & Dublin Broadstone closed 1937 The Royal Canal Phoenix Park Tunnel to Dublin Heuston Drumcondra Docklands( Spencer Dock) The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Dublin Heuston and Tallaght Loopline Bridge Tara Street Dublin Pearse

Ashtown is a commuter railway station in Fingal, Ireland on the Dublin Connolly to Maynooth and Docklands to M3 Parkway commuter services.

It serves Ashtown, Dublin, Ireland and is near the Ashtown roundabout on the Navan Road (R147)^[1]

Navan Road Parkway (formerly Phoenix Park) opened nearby in 2008, but does not replace Ashtown. A major grade separated junction was built on the R147 to provide access to Navan Road Parkway.

The ticket office is open from 06:30 AM to 16:00 PM, Monday to Friday. It is closed on Saturday and Sunday.

History

The station was opened by the Midland Great Western Railway in 1847 for race specials at the now demolished Phoenix Park Racecourse. It opened fully on 1 August 1902.^[2] Absorbed into the Great Southern Railways by way of the Railways (Great Southern) Preliminary Amalgamation Scheme of 12 November 1924 (SI no. 31 of that year), the station closed in 1934.

The line through the station was then nationalised, passing on to Córas Iompair Éireann as a result of the Transport Act 1944^[3] which took effect from 1 January 1945. Under this management it re-opened briefly in 1979 for the visit of Pope John Paul II to Ireland in order to facilitate the large numbers who attended the open air mass in the Phoenix Park and re-opened permanently on 11 January 1982. It passed on to Iarnród Éireann in 1987.

The footbridge came from Midleton on the Youghal line.

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 

External links

• Ashtown Station Eiretrains

Preceding station		Iarnród Éireann		Following station
Broombridge		Commuter Western Commuter (City Branch)		Navan Road Parkway
Broombridge		Commuter Western Commuter (Docklands Branch)
	Future
Broombridge		DART Line 1		Navan Road Parkway
	Disused railways
Liffey Junction		Midland Great Western Railway Dublin-Galway/Sligo		Clonsilla